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Columbia, Mo, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Broadband Expansion

Lead all aspects of Information Technology, Meaningful Use, Corporate Compliance, Emergency Preparedness, Patient Experience and Team Development at the C-Level of the organization for a regional healthcare system. Develop and implement plans to meet government regulations. • Works closely with the CEO as part of the executive VP team developing strategic planning across the organization. • Analyzed the infrastructure within the healthcare system and redesigned telecommunications systems, data communications systems within the organization to lay a foundation for change to meet CMS meaningful use requirements. Project Managed the transition from 8 EHR’s to Cerner CommunityWorks. HITECH/Meaningful Use- able to quickly understand and implement many projects within our Healthcare system to provide a successful path to meet all levels of Federal requirements before required deadlines. Successfully navigated a Meaningful Use audit without question. Develops leadership programs for the organization, developed and implemented ICARE core values and our organizations performance evaluation system. Works closely with physicians and nursing staff to ensure we design IT and EMR infrastructure to meet their requirements and ensure patient safety. From CPOE to Physician and patient portal, we provide excellent resources for providers and patients.Business Continuity/Emergency Response- Ensure the readiness of the organization by preparing for disasters.

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Mentor to innovators, inventors, entrepreneurs and business leaders on how great ideas become viable business endeavors. From helping to develop business plans to teaching their executives how to market their inventions and set up their business. Active on three advisory boards.

Virginia Beach, Va, Us

Experienced Organizational Leadership Executive mentoring students and encouraging personal vision and goal setting.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Manage operations for S. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and W. Kentucky including Local and Long Distance Operations. Meet budgets yearly. Reduced expenses by 5% in 2007. Built the first MCI Web Hosting Center. Streamlined Operations introducing organizational changes, such as geographic driven work orders to ensure dispatch tickets reach the closest employee, leading to productivity growth of 85% in 2004 – 2007. Reduced truck roll dispatching from 65% to 19% for fiber-optic cable locates between 2005 and 2007. Reduced MTTR (mean time to repair) for customer affecting troubles by 20% in 2006 and 22% in 2007. Currently running 1.0 hours MTTR for the district. Achieved 97% OTP (on time performance) for on-net customer orders. Developed national Web Hosting Center plans for staffing and supporting 13 Premier Data Centers. Developed national standards for employee work flow processes increasing technical efficiencies by 20% in 2005. Responsible for nationwide purchasing of test equipment for state-of-the-art circuits such as 10 Gigabit, fibre channel Ethernet and 40Gb SONET. Work closely with corporate national accounts. Helped establish sales contracts with such corporations as Dell, Compaq/HP, British Petroleum and Men’s Warehouse. Lead Verizon’s Network Core Process, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Response and the Major Emergency Response Incident (the first nationally recognized corporate response team for dealing with hazardous material spills and containment) teams. Developed Hurricane Response procedures for US Operations. Worked closely with Federal Government in 2008 to successfully complete a National Level Terrorist training exercise with FEMA, the Marines and Verizon.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Operations, Facilities and EngineeringMCI Metro, MFS, Brooks Fiber, UUNetFiber Ring, Switching, Data Center Operations, International Switching, International Cable Crossings, Outside Plant Construction, Customer Premise Dispatching, Field Service, Assurance, Delivery.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Capacity Planning for the Local Fiber Infrastructure for Houston, Austin, San Antonio (South Texas) as well as Louisiana.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Managed Outside Plant, LAN/WAN, Transmission, Switch, Facilities Management, Customer Premise Dispatching, Local Services, BTNA and FAA Networks. Coordinated multi-million dollar budget. Lead Central Region Field Engineer Management Team and Transmission Core Process Team. Built and managed MCI's Local Service network in Houston.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Led Operations for Microwave Communications, Fiber networks and Multiplex Engineering for Western Pennsylvania.

Responsible for Virginia's Fiber-optic and Microwave Radio Network. Developed Daily Network Status Report for Senior Manager. Maintained two Junctions, Repeater and two Terminals.

Leadership Strategies For Information Technology In Health Care

Mba, International Business

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), International Finance

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), International Business Residency

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), International Business, A European Perspective

Electronic Communicatiobs/Business Management